The Line Upon a Wind by Noel Mostert

ISBN: 9780224069229 / 0224069225 - The Line Upon a Wind: An Intimate History of the Last and Greatest War Fought at Sea Under Sail 1793-1815 by Noel Mostert. Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2007. Hardcover. Used, Very Good condition. 784 pp.

This was to be the longest, hardest and cruellest war ever fought at sea, on a scale comparable only with the Second World War. Methods of battle under sail, little changed for centuries, would be forced to adapt at an unprecedented pace that brought with it the fearsome power of rockets, torpedoes and submarines. It is also the story of the daily lives of the sailors on board the fighting ships, the blood and guts ferocity of engagement in an age of gentility, the struggle of ships’ surgeons to repair broken bodies and the daily struggle to keep the men fed and free of disease. It is a story of ordinary men and extraordinary bravery.

The Great War, as it was known to contemporaries, spanned generations and continents. Noel Mostert has achieved a work of unparalleled research, rousing descriptions and illuminating analysis - maritime history at its very best.

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